Mark Kosmos

After playing his college ball for the Sooners of Oklahoma, Kosmos was considered too small for the NFL at 6' and 230 pounds, but he was perfect for th CFL. Kosmos joined the Montreal Alouettes in 1970 just in time to help the rejuvinated Alouettes win the Grey Cup. When it came to winning Grey Cups, Kosmos seemed to be a bit of a good luck charm, or maybe just good. After two seasons with the Als, Kosmos moved on to play for Hamilton in 1972 and the Tiger-Cats won the Grey Cup. In 1973, Kosmos split the year between Hamilton and Ottawa and he got his third Grey Cup ring in four years as the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup. Kosmos remained with the Rough Riders through into the 1977 season and won his fourth cup with them in 1976 on the famous (infamous in Saskatchewan) Tony Gabriel touchdown reception. Kosmos won three East All-Stars at linebacker (1971, 1975 and 1976) and two CFL All-Star (1971 and 1976). There were no tackle and quarterback sack stats kept during the years Kosmos played, but he did finish with a very respectable 10 career interceptions as a linebacker, two of which he returned for touchdowns and he also recorded 11 fumble recoveries.

GP, Interceptions and Fumble Returns
Year Team GP Int Yds Avg TDInt Long FR Yds Avg TD Long FF OFR
1970 MON 14 1 20 20 0 20 1 0 0 0 0
0
1971 MON 14 1 46 46 1 46 1 0 0 0 0
0
1972 HAM 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
1973 OTT 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
0
1973 HAM 7 1 14 14 0 14 1 14 14 0 14
0
1974 OTT 16 3 32 10.7 1 18 0 0 0 0 0
0
1975 OTT 16 1 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
0
1976 OTT 16 1 23 23 0 23 5 4 0.8 0 8
1
1977 OTT 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0

 

KO Returns
Year Team KOR Yds Avg TD Long
1970 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1971 MON 0 0 0 0 0
1972 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1973 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1973 HAM 0 0 0 0 0
1974 OTT 0 0 0 0 0
1975 OTT 1 11 11 0 11
1976 OTT 2 42 21 0 24
1977 OTT 0 0 0 0 0

 

Blocked Kicks
Year Team BK BC BFG BP
1970 MON 1


1971 MON 0 0 0 0
1972 HAM 0 0 0 0
1973 OTT 0 0 0 0
1973 HAM 0 0 0 0
1974 OTT 0 0 0 0
1975 OTT 0 0 0 0
1976 OTT 0 0 0 0
1977 OTT 0 0 0 0
1971 OPC Mark Kosmos